Vocabulary 1-12

• n. the invention of new words
• an invented word or phrase
• the process of making coins
• v. coin

• adj. Used in or suitable to spoken language or to writing that imitates speech; conversational
• informal in style of expression
• n. colloquialism
• adv. colloquially

• n. constant and earnest effort to accomplish a task; careful attention
• adj. diligent
• adv. diligently

• adj. difficult to satisfy or please; exacting
• possesing or displaying careful attention to detail.
• adv. fastidiously
• n. fastidiousness

• adj. Having or exhibiting sound judgement; sensible; wise
• adv. judiciously
• n. judiciousness

• adj. extremely careful and precise
• excessively concerned with details
• adv. meticulously
• n. meticulousness

adj. excercising caution, good judgement, or common sense in handling practical matters; giving thought to one's actions and their consequences

• trans verb. to deceive; trick
• to amuse; delight
• to pass (time) pleasantly

• n. appropriateness of behavior or conduct; propriety
• adj. decorous

n. The way in which one behaves or conducts oneself; deportment

• adj. not having a noble character or purpose; dishonorable
• not of the nobility; common
• adv. ignobly

• adj. not in good taste; improper; unbecoming
• adv. in an unseemly manner
• n. unseemliness

• adj. lacking all self-respect; contemptible
• very miserable; wretched
• adv. abjectly
• n. abjectness

• n. the act of forming an opinion from incomplete evidence; guesswork
• a statement or opinion based on guesswork
• trans v. to guess
• intrans v. to make a conjecture
• adj. conjectural

• adj. taking place within an individuals mind rather than the external enviroment; personal
• adv. subjectively
• n. subjectivity

• adj. anxious or fearful about the future; uneasy
• adv. apprehensively
• n. apprehensiveness

• adj. doubtful; uncertain
• questionable as to quality or validity
• adv. dubiously
• n. dubiousness

• adj. dangerously lacking in security or stability; unsafe; risky
• adv. precariously
• n. precariousness

• adj. leaving no doubt or misunderstanding; perfectly clear
• adv. unequivocally

• intrans v. to waver indecisively between one course of action or opinion and another; hesitate
• n. vacillation

n. strength of mind that allows one to endure pain or trouble with courage

• adj. recovering strength or spirits quickly
• springing back to position or shape
• n. resilience
• adv. resiliently

• adj. physically strong, sturdy, robust
• resolute; firm
• n. a sturdy, strong-willed person.
• a loyal supporter
• adv. stalwartly
• n. stalwartness

• n. spirit; daring; pluck
• a strength of character or purpose equal to a test

• n. acceptance as a true or valid; belief
• claim to acceptance; trustworthiness

• adj. tending to believe too readily; easily decieved; gullible
• n. credulity
• adv. credulously

n. speed and willingness in acting or responding; cheerful; readiness; eagerness

• adj. not easily disturbed or excited; unshakably calm and collected
• n. imperturbability
• adv. imperturbably

• adj. tending toward suddenness and boldness of action; impulsive; hasty
• adv. impetuously
• n. impetuousness

• adj. reluctant to exert oneself; habitually lazy
• suggesting a calm idleness and ease
• n. indolence
• adv. indolently

• adj. rudely bold; insolent
• trans v. to face or undergo with bold or brash self-assurance
• adv. brazenly
• n. brazenness

• adj. showing a desire or willingness to please; cheerfully obliging; amiable
• n. complaisance
• adv. complaisantly

• adj. having a shrill, harsh, and grating sound effect
• n. stridency
• adv. stridently

• adj. courageous; fearless; bold
• adv. intrepidly
• n. intrepidness

adj. promoting peace; peaceful; tranquil; serene

adj. not embarrassed or ashamed

• trans v. to turn away or aside
• to prevent from happening

• n. something that relaxes or entertains; recreation
• the act of turning aside from a course or direction
• the act of drawing the attention from one thing to another
• v. divert

• adj. accidental; unintentional
• not duly attentive
• adv. inadvertently

• adj. indisputable; unquestionable
• adv. incontrovertibly

• adj. capable of doing many things competently
• having varied uses or functions
• n. versatility

• n. deception by means of a strategy or device
• a deceptive strategy or devise

• adj. done quickly and with stealth; sly
• adv. furtively
• n. furtiveness

• adj. present or capable of coming into existence but not evident, active, or visible
• n. latency
• adv. latently

• adj. represented or appearing a certain way, but often not actually so; seeming; professed
• adv. ostensibly

• adj. done or acting in secret; sneaky
• adv. surreptitiously
• n. surreptitiousness

• adj. not readily noticeable; inconspicuous
• not aggressive; discreet
• adv. unobtrusively
• n. unobtrusiveness

• trans v. to make clear or plain
• intrans v. to give an explanation that makes something clear
• n. elucidation

• adj. intended to teach or instruct
• teaching a moral lesson
• inclined to leach or moralize too much
• adv. didactically
• n. didacticism

• trans v. to pervade or permeate as if with a dye or stain
• to dye or stain intensily